Abstract

This thesis had three objectives; to study the Vedanā-khandha in the Theravda Buddhism, to study the Insight Meditation Practice in the Theravda Buddhism, and to study the rising and extinguishing of Vedanā-khandha in the Insight Meditation Practice. This study is a Qualitative Documentation Research. Clarified data are taken from the Theravada Buddhist scriptures and other related documents, then composed, summarized, analyzed, explained in details, corrected and verified by Buddhist scholars. From the study it found that;

Vedanā-khandha is one component of the Five Aggregates, which are Rupa-khandha, Vedanā-khandha, Sañña-khandha, Sankhara-khandha, and Vedanā-khandha. Vedanā mens the feeling that could be happy (Sukha-Vedanā) or unhappy (Dukkha- Vedanā) or equanimity (Upekkhā). Vedanā, the feeling to Phassa which is always happened everytime of knotting. It is the feeling of either happy, comfortable, like, cheerful, or suffering, oppression, pain, or inaction. This feeling causes from  Phassa from the internal six sense organs which depens on the affection that could be satisfy unsatisfy or inaction.

The Insight Meditation Practice means the practice for practioner to enlighten and overcome all defilements, can release clinging in the Five Aggregates that it is a self. Because of the plesant in the feeling or Vedanā which is happy, unhappy, not happy, not unhappy, thus causes all beings to reborn in the dependent of the origination again and again.

The phenomenon of the rise and fall of Vedanā in the Insight Meditation Practice depends on Phassa (contact). The feeling arise when Phassa is the feeling of the taste of Phassa. Because of the factor, Phassa, then Tanha Ubadana arise and cause the feeling of happy,  suffering, or inaction both Amisā and Niramisa happened on body and mind. When Phassa falls Vedanā also falls in according to the dependent of origination very clearly. Vedanānupassanā-Satipatthanā has an aim to see body and mind in order to clearly knot the Vedanā that happy, suffering or inaction. It is the knotting in accordance with the feeling at that present moment called knotting present emotion. To follow Vedanā resulted the practioners to see the rise and fall of Vedanā which is impernence, suffering, and not-self, and clinging of all wil be released and feel boring with pleasure and can finally reach Nibbāna.

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